If
Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Organization delays signing the accord on
compiling a charter on the restoration of
historical monuments, the International Council on
Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) will undertake the
project itself with the assistance of cultural
heritage lovers.
Announcing this, an Iranian member of the council,
Kourosh Rashidi told CHN that the Iranian chapter
of ICOMOS considers drawing up the charter as one
of its recognized duties and will seriously pursue
the matter.
“Therefore if the organization responsible for
Iranian cultural heritage affairs does not
cooperate with ICOMOS in this respect and further
delays the implementation of the project, the
council will intervene to draw up the charter with
the assistance of non-governmental organizations
and cultural heritage enthusiasts,“ he noted.
Rashidi urged the ICHTO as the major institute
handling the country’s cultural heritage and
tourism issues to pay more attention to the
subject.
Although all the conditions for signing the
contract between the ICHTO and ICOMOS have been
prepared and all officials agree that compiling a
restoration charter is currently one of the
priorities, the project is still in limbo, he
complained.
The official further said that ICOMOS has
estimated the cost of the project at 900 million
rials, which if provided, will not only coordinate
the regulations with international and indigenous
standards but will also enable peripheral
activities such as holding national seminar on
restoration of movable and immovable objects and
publication of up-dated information in the field
to take place.
